Obama wants more police wearing body cameras
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer)
05 December 2014
President Barack Obama addresses the crowd on issues surrounding the protests in Ferguson, Mo., after meeting with community leaders about the executive actions he is taking to fix the immigration system ... read more >>

Rev. Jesse Jackson calls for peace after Ferguson
Written by Associated Press
05 December 2014
The Rev. Jesse Jackson talks to students and teachers at an assembly Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at the Technology Access Foundation Academy in Kent, Wash. Jackson spoke at length about a grand jury's decision ... read more >>

Senate Candidate Isadore Hall
Written by Kenneth D. Miller Assistant Managing Editor
05 December 2014
Encourages Blacks to Vote Dec. 9
Leading senate candidate Isadore Hall III is not taking anything for granted and is pushing a ‘Get Out The Vote’ campaign in advance of his Dec. 9 special ... read more >>

Historical Legislative Black Caucus Sworn In
Written by Kenneth D. Miller Assistant Managing Editor
05 December 2014
Powerful CLBC Expands to its largest ever
Despite record low voter turnout that swept throughout the Southland and state and doomed the hope of Democrats in Congress and United States Senate, ... read more >>

Christmas Season Begins with Traditional Tree Lighting
Written by Kenneth D. Miller Assistant Managing Editor
04 December 2014
Councilman Bernard Parks Celebrates 12th Ceremony
An event that began 12 years ago with 8th District First Lady Bobbi Parks spearheading a campaign to raise $100,000 to purchase a 100 foot-tall Christmas ... read more >>

City to Grant $100,000 to Homeless Outreach
Written by City News Service
04 December 2014
The city of Los Angeles will pay $100,000 to a homeless outreach group to direct Venice's chronically homeless population to beds at the Westside Winter Shelter, which opens for the winter season and ... read more >>

IT HAPPENED AGAIN!!
Written by Associated Press
04 December 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury cleared a white New York City police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man stopped for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes — a ... read more >>

Darren Wilson Resigns from Ferguson PD
Written by Amen Oyiboke, Staff Writer
29 November 2014
(courtesy of Associated Press)
After fears of security and well-being, Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson has resigned from the police department, according to Associated Press. The officer who fatally ... read more >>

Violence Erupts after Michael Brown Announcement
Written by Jennifer Bihm, Sentinel Staff Writer
28 November 2014
Lesley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, left standing on the top of a car, reacts as she listens to the announcement of the grand jury decision Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. A grand ... read more >>

South Los Angeles Submits Promise Zone Application
Written by Sentinel News Service
28 November 2014
A year after Los Angeles Secures Its First Coveted Designation, More than 100 Community Partners join to Advocate for a Second to serve the needs of some of the City’s Poorest Neighborhoods
Representing ... read more >>

Wesson, Bass, Ridley-Thomas urge calm
Written by Sentinel News Service
27 November 2014
At a press conference, Council President Herb Wesson, Congresswoman Karen Bass, and Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas urged calm and a peaceful reaction to the grand jury verdict regarding the death of Michael ... read more >>